Cities as Urban Laboratories: Time to re-think what prosperity really means?
Cities 1.58 Apr 2025

Cities as Urban Laboratories: Time to re-think what prosperity really means?

As the world enters yet another period of unprecedented political and environmental tumult, it is becoming even more clear that our current economic system based on the primacy of profit over the health and wellbeing of people and planet is failing. Throughout history, cities have always been at the forefront of new ways of thinking, and are urban laboratories to test and pilot new concepts. The same holds true today: the degrowth strand of economics, along with policies that focus on healthy...

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A Tale of Two Cities: A New Chapter

A Tale of Two Cities: A New Chapter

In this episode of Cities 1.5, we bring you another "Tale of Two Cities" - but this time, David sits down with two pioneering mayors from opposite ends of the globe. Despite their vastly different his...

24 Mar 32min

Lead like a girl - In conversation with Catherine McKenna

Lead like a girl - In conversation with Catherine McKenna

What links the Paris Agreement, Barbie and Arnold Schwarzenegger? The answer is this week’s guest on Cities 1.5! As a key architect of the Paris Agreement, Catherine McKenna - Canada’s former Minister...

10 Mar 26min

Whose Streets? Our Streets: Curbing Fossil Fuel Industry Disinformation

Whose Streets? Our Streets: Curbing Fossil Fuel Industry Disinformation

In a world where climate emergencies are being declared daily, why do so many of our city streets and public transport networks have misleading ads for the very industries driving the crisis? Our conv...

24 Feb 27min

HOT TAKE: The Kids are alright - Youth take the Mic in Rio

HOT TAKE: The Kids are alright - Youth take the Mic in Rio

Hot Take: the climate crisis isn’t some abstract data point or a dry policy debate, it’s a deeply human story of survival. Right now, a whole generation is growing up inside the emergency, doing the h...

19 Feb 18min

Tales from the Belly of the Beast: An ExxonMobil Whistleblower’s Story

Tales from the Belly of the Beast: An ExxonMobil Whistleblower’s Story

What would you risk to tell the truth, if the institution you served was one of the most powerful corporations on Earth? Early scientific warnings about global heating have long stood in tension with ...

10 Feb 31min

Mayoral Deep Dive: US cities as climate first responders

Mayoral Deep Dive: US cities as climate first responders

Across the United States, cities are acting as climate first responders - carrying climate action forward even as national politics grow more hostile. From clean energy and buildings to transport, lan...

27 Jan 30min

Economics and the City

Economics and the City

In times of profound geopolitical turbulence - wars, trade shocks, energy insecurity, and climate breakdown - something unexpected is happening: while autocratic leaders double down on fossil fuels an...

13 Jan 31min

TRAILER: Cities Won't Wait

TRAILER: Cities Won't Wait

As geopolitical power shifts, cities are rising to lead this urban century while nations cling to outdated systems. Season 6 of Cities 1.5 explores how mayors and urban leaders from around the world a...

30 Des 20252min

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